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My wife and I are living on Killi Island in the Marshall District of the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands.
The history or the Killi pecple is available in the work
entitled The Bikiniens, a Trensplanted Poowlation.
reiocate.
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Tf ask your indulgence, however,
When the United States wanted ea Pacific atoll for atomi
testing, they cnose bikini.
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We heve been nere since September 1967; we teach
English to the students here as members of the Peace Corps.
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Arter a long search, the island of cilli was selected and the pecole
moved; there had been 2 previous moves to Roonrik and Kwajelein Atolls.
‘baen their temporery hume for 20 years!
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This kas now
They don't want to stay on Killi, ani they
We feel their argucents are worth being listened to,
aiare of their unnecessary hardships
These people heave teen transferred from a typical Marshallese atoll to a sinele
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